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purplelover13 tagged me for this the other day....

A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."

1. Despite the fact that I only ever mention one, I actually have two roomates. But Dominic is never around to say or do anything interesting.
2. Names!

My father's name is Michael Eugene. My first brother is Michael Eugene junior. My grandfather's name is Ronald Eugene. My second brother is Anthony Ronald Eugene. When my mom was pregnant with my sister, my father really really really wanted a boy so he could name him after himself. Lo, Chelle was a girl. So They did the next best thing and named her Michelle. (Middle name Joy, thank gawds, not Eugenia!) Then my mom got pregnant again, but with my brother. And my father still desperately wanted to name a kid after himself. Y ya, Michael Eugene junior. Notice a trend? Oh...and my stepfather's name is Michael.

I, on the other hand, would have escaped this horrorific naming convention because apparently, the 'rents agreed when Mumsie got pregnant with me that she would get to pick the name either way, and were I a boy, my name would not have been Michael Eugene junior but Bradley Steven.

Unfortunately, I was slapped with a family naming convention- I got the middle name Marie. So there's me, Renee Marie. I have a cousin, Rebecca Marie. Aunts, Donna Marie, Claudette Marie, Carol Marie. A grandmother, Joyce Marie. There's a Mary Marie in there somewhere- I think she's a great great grandmother or something.

This name is distributed through both my mother's and father's families.

3. I frequently refer to my mother as "Mumsie". Yes, I actually do often call her that when speaking to her.
4. For some reason, I really like the sound of fingers being slid lengthwise over violin or guitar strings.
5. As long as the paper is actually cut into an evenly-measured square, I can fold origami cranes roughly the size of my pinky fingernail
6. Despite the fact that my entire family would get it several times a year, I went fifteen years without getting the flu- from the time I was nine til I was twenty-six, and when I did get it, it was mild, and I was over it in less than three days. I haven't had it since.
7. I am rarely seen without a backpack. Unless I'm just running to the store around the corner, I don't leave the house without it.

I'm breaking rule C. Tag whoever wants to do it.


Movie meme-

I promise, I only took quotes from movies originally filmed in English.

1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search functions.

1. I'm full of guilt and shame. How is that Old World?

2. Q: Why do I stand up here? A: To feel taller!

3. You lost your arms in battle! But you grew some nice boobs.

4. First there was darkness, then came the strangers.

5. You're rich and women love you, and I'm from Ohio and I'm drunk.

6. Well, beatniks for one, folk singers and motorbike riders. Y'know. All those hip, jazzy, super cool, neat, keen, and groovy cats. It's in the fridge, daddy-o! Are you hip to the jive? Can you dig what I'm layin' down?

7. The Matador, the Matador... me... me

8. You're a very attractive man, Ken. You're... smart, you've got wonderful bones, great eyes, and you dress really interestingly.

9. I'm the most dangerous man in this prison. You know why? 'Cause I control the underwear.

10. Unfortunately, our Don Juan is moving with the speed of a Special Olympics hurdler.

11. If I don't get total tit tonight, I will be using this razor to cut my throat. As I see it, sex is my only reason for living.

12. That night all of my dreams came true, and like all happy endings, it was a tragedy,

13. I used to think that if none of your family or friends knew you were dead, it was like not really being dead.

14. Marcie! Do not drag that couch any further!

15. I think it's important you remember that's a political distinction that comes with the office. I mean, if, uh, Eisenhower were here instead of me, he'd be dead by now...